With our Employment Tracker, we regularly look into the "future of labour law" for you! At the beginning of each month, we present the most important decisions expected for the month from the Federal Labour Court (BAG) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) as well as other courts. We report on the results in the issue of the following month. In addition, we point out upcoming milestones in legislative initiatives by politicians, so that you know today what you can expect tomorrow.

Recent decisions

• No primary corrective authority of the parties to collective agreements in the scope of application of EU law prohibitions on discrimination
• Entitlement to collective agreement overtime bonuses – discrimination against part-time employees
• Theatre director – labour courts have jurisdiction over dismissal dispute
• Labour courts inadmissible for compensation claim by assistant referee
• Company car does not replace minimum wage
• Social security obligations of flight instructors
• Social security obligation for the employment of a registered doctor in a hospital
• Amount of unemployment benefit II for 2022 constitutional
• Statutory health insurance: Contribution obligation for voluntarily insured persons
• Working time for journeys to different places of work
• Consequences of failure to notify mass redundancies
• Validity of the Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU
• Electronic commerce and the GDPR
• Applicable law in the event of a change in the habitual place of work

Upcoming decisions

• Delivery area of courier drivers as an independent unit eligible for a works council
• AGG compensation for headscarf ban for aviation security assistants

Legislative initiatives, important notifications & applications

• Sixth Ordinance Amending the Medical Care Ordinance
• Disability Equality Act
• Benefits Law Amendment Act
• Increase in the minimum wage for elderly care
• Occupational disease "Parkinson's syndrome caused by pesticides"
• Pension package 2025
• Act on the Restructuring of Basic Security for Jobseekers
• Extension of short-time working allowance

Objectives of the coalition agreement

• Minimum wage
• Collective agreements
• Co-determination
• Occupational safety & fexibility
• Working hours
• Tax incentives for overtime pay and increased working hours
• Implementation of EU-Directives
• Pensions and old-age provision
• Amendment of the special temporary employment law for scientific and research institutions
• Securing skilled labourReduction of bureaucracy